Improvement in buoyant dresses or life-preservers



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

NAPOLEON E. GUERIN, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

MPROVEIENT IN BUOYANT DRESSES OR LIFE-PRESERVERS.

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, NAPOLEON EDOUARD GUERIN, of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Lite-Preserver; and I do hereby declare that the following,` is a full and exact description.

My invention consists of a jacket, waistcoat, or coat composed of any kind of tissue in which is introduced a quantity of from eighteen to twenty quarts ot rasped or grated cork.

The mode of making' and of using my invention is very simple. A jacket, waistcoat, or coat can be made of cotton or any other material in the form of the jacket on the drawing No. l. It may receive another forrn,1eav

ing between the tissue, which is double, suficient room t0 introduce a quantity of from eighteen to twenty quarts of rasped or grated cork, the difference ot quantity according to the size of the person the garment is intended for. NO. 2 on the accompanying drawings gives a back view of the jacket. No. 3 rep resents a front view of the jacket when worn; No. 4, a profile View of the rasp or grater made use of to grat-e or rasp the cork. No. 5 gives a plan view Ot' the saine instrument. After the introduction of the rasped or grated cork those parts of the garment left open for its introduction are stitched up, as indicated by the figure No. l.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The introduction of rasped Or grated cork into any garment as a life-preserver.

NAPOLEON E. GUERIN. tVtnesses:

PATRICK MORRISON, I. COPPINGER. 

